Bonaventure Cemetery Tour: Savannah's Historical Exploration
4.6
147 Ratings
Thunderbolt

Our Escorted Tours around Bonaventure Cemetery introduces you to the picturesque, park-like backdrop of this Victorian-era burial ground. You’ll soon admire its history and the unique personalities who make Bonaventure unique.

For groups with 10 or more people, kindly reach out to the private and group sales coordinator at Ghost City Tours.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Bonaventure Cemetery - The grave of Little Gracie, Victorian burial symbolism, and the graves of famous historical figures of Savannah.
What's Included
  • Local guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuity for your guide
Location
Bonaventure Cemetery
Bonaventure Road
We meet at the entrance, near the main house.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(147 Ratings)
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Zacp829
Apr 23, 2024
Great Tour! - This tour offered so much great Savannah history and explanations of the art and architecture of the statues and gravestones. It is particularly great for fans of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. The cemetery itself is beautiful. This is a must-do in Savannah.
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Leslie_b
Apr 9, 2024
Fun in a cemetery! - The tour guide was informative, knowledgeable, and entertaining. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Learned a lot about what different items symbolized -quite interesting. Definitely recommend this tour.
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Catalinabusch
Apr 1, 2024
Great tour! - I truly enjoyed learning about the cemetery and some of the stories of those buried in there. The walk was beautiful on a beautiful day and Nick was very knowledgeable. He nicely balanced the information shared, between fun and interesting. Truly recommend this tour!
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Sharon_g
Mar 30, 2024
Fabulous time at Bonaventure Cemetery walking tour - Our guide Nic was so knowledgeable . He gave us a wonderful overview of the cemetery. Enjoyed the experience
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Dbbrad
Mar 30, 2024
Lots of Historical Information - Jim gave an interesting overview of cemetery tradition and Savannah history. The setting is beautiful and only a 15 minute car trip from the historic district.
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Robert_r
Mar 10, 2024
A passionate, well-paced tour focusing on the incredible sculptures in the cemetery - Nick is a great tour guide, personality perfectly suited to the Bonaventure Cemetery tour! He kept our relatively small group together with no hassle, he waited for all to be assembled before speaking, he waited for distracting sounds (like airplanes or other tour guides) to diminish so all could hear and had very interesting facts and anecdotes keyed to what he was showing us. His passion and specialty are the sculptures especially by Walz throughout the cemetery and which are most impressive. Nick spoke with a passion and sometimes even seemed moved by the stories he shared with us. The 90 minutes went by too fast, but we treasured each of them. Be aware that other guides will have differing specialties including architecture, history, etc. They should all be interesting to provide a complete picture of life and death in the main era of Bonaventure. Yes, you will get some interesting info on key figures (and their graves) from the book and movie of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," but that is not the main point of this tour., nor is it a ghost tour. Take this one for shear enjoyment and appreciation of a very talented sculpture's work.
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Mary_p
Apr 20, 2024
Tour Good but meeting details need improvement - Tour guide was very informative. Directions to start tour were poor— no specific information regarding parking, meeting up with tour guide etc. Our tour started late because we parked in the wrong lot and had a 10 minute walk to meeting spot per reservation instructions. The tour group waited at designated spot for 10 minutes. When no tour guide showed up, we called and were informed he may have left because we weren’t on time (even though we were). Finally found tour guide- he wasn’t in designated area. Definitely recommend more precise instructions for parking and connecting with tour guide.
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Diane_n
Mar 22, 2024
Not very good - The tour guide seemed out of it and his slow talking was annoying while he missed certain things to highlight
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Michelle_q
Apr 6, 2024
Poor experience - Extremely upset and disappointed. I will take my fair share of the responsibility as we were going to be about 5 min or less late. So slightly poor planning on my part; however we did call to alert them about a possible late arrival. As it turns out we pulled into the gates at 11:01. I let my husband out so he could meet the group and we could park. He got out and walked all around the building and I stress this point he was in the location stated on the email. He asked several people if they were Nick. They kept telling him no. I called after about 10 min asking where to find her they said they didn’t know and a send a text. Nick did not respond. The whole reason I came to Savannah was that tour and the guide couldn’t even be bothered to waitafter being politely informed of a potential 5 min delay. No I’m not exaggerating we checked the clock when we came in the gate and called it was 5 minutes. So after waiting less than 10 min this tour guide was no where to be found and I was told she was unreachable. What guide leaves when informed and less than 5 min late! Worse yet they refused to refund me so now I’m out a tour and missed out on the one thing I had set up plus a rain check for a tour I may never use even if it is in a different city. Very disappointing and sad that the guide just left and worse yet company refused to call her cell.
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Pamelabg6263qu
Feb 22, 2024
Cancelled- refund?? - Tour cancelled- trying to get refund from TripAdvisor! Ghost tours cancelled the night before and TripAdvisor doesn’t get notified-so they still think we “enjoyed” our tour!! Please refund-
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